Dodge City times., 1887-03-03
Miscellaneous.


SINCE the passage of the Municipal Suf
frage bill it is now proposed to pass 9
Municipal Poll Tax bill by which women in
cities of the first, second and third class
shall pay poll tax.
PosTMAsTERs lately appointed in Kansas
Willard w. Meyers, at Bosnia; James II.
Holland, at Dinsworth; Anna Osborn, at
Selklrk; NJ. s. Robertson, at Dillon, and
Thomas S. Swain. at Scammonvllle
AT Leavenworth the other day William
Wohlheater was shot and probably fatally
injured by Thomas Coffey, both laboring
men. They with several others procured
a couple Of kegs of beer and were celebrat-
ing the closing of the saloons in royal style
in box car near the coal shaft. Between
drinks they were shooting at target with
q small rifle. COffey took the rife and at
tempted to fire over Wohlheater's head, but
the ball struck him in the forehead and
lodged in the brain. The WOhlheater FAM
lily has been singularly unfortunate, this
being the third son who has died a violent
death. One was killed by the cars; another
| drowned last year and the last son has now
been shot.
THE Whisky Alliance of Leavenworth.
whose membership comprised all the liquor
dealers, and which had been in existence
| for number of years, at a recent meeting
| decided to obey the mayors proclamation to
close their saloons and other places where
intoxicating liquors have been sold contrary
to law, and pledged themselves to be as
earnest in securing strict enforcement Of
the Prohibitory law as they were in vio-
lating it, to the end that the drug stores
shall not succeed to their business.
SENATOR INGALLS, was elected presiding
officer of the United States Senate to fill
the unexpired term Of Senator Sherman,
resigned.
JAMES VAN CLEvE, a carpenter, was fatal
ly shot at his house at Winfield the other
night by persons unknown. No motive is
known for the deed The assassin escaped.
The first twenty days of February forty
six cases of drunkenness were registered at
police headquarters in Topeka.
ST.. JOHN County is now Logan.
Pensions were granted to the following
Kansans on the oath: Mary and Dexter E.
Clapp, of Lawrence; Clotilda Chance, Jr.,
of Burden; John Sample, Joshua c. Harris,
of Mcpherson; James F. Stubbs, of Omio;
George Greenmyer, of Birch; Hugh Nc
CashiOn, Of Leavenworth; George Brook
ing, of Zeandale; John W. Simpson, Of
Milan; Charles Watts, of Arkansas City;
John Croling, Of Valley Falls; Joseph Nc
Thomas, of Longton; Joseph Thompson, of
Cherryvale; Philip Cook, of Sedan; Wilson
F. Cation, of McCune; Hiram W. Miller, Of
Carbondale; Samuel NJ Hewitt, of Beloit;
David d. Bailey, of Cuba, and William
Woolf, of Andover
TWENTY-FIVE thousand dollars are to be
spent in Emporia on the Normal addition
next summer.
THOMAS HEED, Of the dry goods firm Of
Tanner Bros. & Heed, Topeka and Emporia,
died at Kansas City the other day. He was
one Of the pioneer dry goods men of the
State.
THE Memphis, Trinidad & Pueblo railway
charter was recently filed with the Secre-
tary of State. The headquarters of tho
company are at Greensburg and capital
stock SIS 100000. 1t is proposed to build to
Pueblo and Trinidad, Col, and Memphis,
Tenn. The Omaha q Southwestern railway
also fled its charter, the purpose being te
build road from Washington, Kan, t<
Omaha, Neh.
A MAD dog took up his abode tn private
residence at Topeka the other day, and the
family promptly vacated the premises